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“We also reported that arginine, citrulline or ammonia plus ornithine , all of which increase arginine, inhibit GSA synthesis even in the presence of urea.”
Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry • 2004 | View Paper
“The plasma concentration of urea and the liver concentration of N-acetylglutamate in rats given ornithine were each significantly higher than in the control rats.”
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry • 1999 | View Paper
“By increasing ornithine carbamoyltransferase activity, ornithine enhances the conversion of ammonia to citrulline and urea.”
“In rats injected with four doses of NH4Cl (2.5 mmol/kg), arginine or ornithine pretreatment increased the urea excretion and normalized the orotic acid excretion.”
The American journal of physiology • 1984 | View Paper
“Injections of urea cycle intermediates (ammonia, ornithine , aspartic acid and arginine) all accelerated urea production, while no response was detected for glutamine and glutamic acid.”